A report from CBS this week revealed the working conditions of tens of thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who work in mines to extract the cobalt needed for lithium batteries.

A recent Bloomberg article has brought to light a harsh reality, the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing child labor rates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): The appetite for electric cars is driving a boom in small-scale cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where some mines have been found to […]

A new coalition of groups in Arizona is seeking to force utilities in the state to generate more power from renewable energy beyond the 15 percent the state currently requires, according to a new report this week.

Legislative leaders in both the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon Senate cast doubt on whether a proposed carbon tax bill could pass in either legislative body this year, according to the Portland Tribune.

A CBS Los Angeles investigation has uncovered that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) are reluctant to use the electric vehicles the department leases as part of a splashy effort to supposedly “go green”:

Fracking bans pushed by environmentalists hurt distressed communities, according to a recent op-ed in Morning Consult. Bernard Weinstein, an associate director at the Maguire Energy Institute and a business professor, wrote:

Opponents of fracking continue to claim that the process can contaminate ground water, pollute the air, and precipitate earthquakes while depressing property values. None of these claims is true.

Weinstein points to New York, where inexpensive natural gas is being denied to “depressed communities” who will face higher energy costs when the Indian Point Nuclear Plant is eventually shuttered:

New York, in particular, could surely use the cheap natural gas waiting to be tapped along its southern tier. Not only would production extend an economic lifeline to many depressed communities, but this abundant and inexpensive gas supply could be used to replace the power generation that will be lost when the Indian Point nuclear plant is shuttered.

It’s just the latest move in proxy fight against Washington’s new shift to affordable American energy:

Environmental campaigners promised on Saturday to wage fierce and protracted legal battles against “outrageous and wrong-headed” Trump administration moves to open Atlantic and Arctic waters for drilling and loosen smog limits.

The Environmentalist Left’s latest strategy not only threatens American jobs, but leaves average folks facing a steep increase in their energy bills.